Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The inspection light must be turned on first and then off , to make the card reader scan . ) |
| 2 | In the above two examples , entries would be retrieved under first author and under class-mark . |
| 3 | Hobbes 's systematic conception of politics as dependent on ethics and then , via ethics , on physics , means that his natural philosophy must be looked at first and in most detail . |
| 4 | Internal movement within the worst-affected areas should be looked at first . |
| 5 | The cotton can be fixed by first coating the board with glue size or a coat of PVA glue . |
| 6 | Only after Dirac had predicted that there must be positrons as well as electrons ( verified in 1932 ) did he and others set out to see whether the charge and the mass of an electron can be derived from first principles . |
| 7 | A warrant may be issued at first instance if the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that a summons is unlikely to secure the attendance of a reluctant witness ( MCA 1980 , s97(2) ) . |
| 8 | En- Janice Cairns as Butterfly tries must be received by first post on Wednesday , November 29 . |
| 9 | It was commonly accepted , both in Department A and Department B , that final years could be approached by first years for help ; staff were regarded as out of bounds . |
| 10 | The integrand can be expanded to first order in : . |
| 11 | But none of the promises can be fulfilled without first a child being born , or , to be more precise in Abraham 's patriarchal world , a son . |
| 12 | It suggested that primary education could be reorganised into first and middle schools . |
| 13 | Having decided on groupings , a straightforward topic might be tried at first ; I suggest tangrams , or the building of solid models , as a suitable exercise . |
| 14 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 15 | The War Artists Advisory Committee was set up , not only to stimulate and artistic record of war and related activities , but also to help ensure that at least some of the artists would be saved from First World War carnage . |
| 16 | The main body of the 1992 budget , approved by the Council of Ministers on Sept. 18 [ see p. 38445 ] , and presented to the National Assembly on Oct. 15 , was adopted on Oct. 20 by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution ( " engagement of the government 's responsibility " ) , whereby legislation could be adopted on first reading unless the opposition tabled a vote of censure . |
| 17 | There are five categories in total and prizes of $1,000 , $500 and $250 prizes will be awarded to first , second and third places respectively in each category . |
| 18 | As most tutors will be engaged in the correction of correspondence course tests submitted by students , this matter will be dealt with first . |
| 19 | Even within this explanatory framework , little useful understanding will be obtained without first studying the problem at many different levels . |
| 20 | However , given the readiness of our subjects to talk at length about their drug use , the time limits placed on the research , and the possibility of a number of informants being sentenced and/or convicted before the second interview took place , it quickly became clear that the majority of interviewees would probably be seen only once and that in-depth interviews should be conducted on first contact , if that suited the informant . |
| 21 | Some time must be found for first thoughts and to allow flashes of private insight . |
| 22 | In medical books one can anticipate that a description of a disease will be decomposed into first a subsection on the etiology , then a subsection on the diagnostic signs , then a subsection on the treatment , and finally a subsection about prognosis . |
| 23 | One exception to this requirement is when a view to the front can be obtained without first looking through the windscreen . |